Over the past 24 hours I have had fun watching a few of my favorite birds and mammals fish. The Green Heron chicks are almost as big as the adults, and their coloration is now mostly adult plumage. While taking my Texas relatives birding yesterday afternoon, this juvenile heron posed nicely for us and allowed viewing of its fishing expedition from only ten feet distant!

This morning at sunrise I visited a local river and watched more fishing in progress. This River Otter was happily at work finding breakfast and was happy to ignore me! However, the local kingfisher family was most definitely NOT happy with my presence, and chattered at me … hoping I would move to a different spot on the river.

River Otter … the Movie!

Realistically, although fish is a perfectly acceptable catch for both the heron and the otter, the bird was happy to eat frogs while the otter was also eating shellfish.